Thaxted Studio

Thaxted Studio Thaxted Studio is owned by Professional Photographer, Richard Legge. Joanna now works as a freelance Art Director
in Publishing.

Richard Legge graduated from Norwich School of Art with a first honours degree in Graphic Design specialising in Photography in 1995. He then assisted several professional photographers in London before getting his first big break with a portrait commission for Vanity Fair magazine. Since then Richard has continued to photograph actors, musicians, and sports personalities for Vanity Fair, Vogue, T

he Telegraph, The Guardian plus Landscape commissions for clients such as Musto and Yamaha. Richard’s passion outside of commercial photography is taking landscape imagery using traditional techniques. Eschewing modern digital cameras and photoshop post-production, he uses a traditional wooden 5”x 4” large format field camera and transparency film. Due to the cost and time involved with this process, the majority of the images are a ‘one off’ rather than one of several attempts, as in nature photography, all the elements must be aligned before he decides to press the shutter. Richard attempts to capture a moment in time, an image the viewer can relate a feeling or emotion to as opposed to a ‘scene’ in the traditional sense. He is fascinated by the most basic requirement of photography which is natural light, composition and how it can create both a sense of calm and tranquillity or passion and spirit. Joanna Legge graduated from Norwich School of Art with a honours degree in Graphic Design specialising in Illustration in 1995. She then worked in London as a Designer and later an Art Director in magazine layout for various Publishing companies. Most of her design work is client based, producing magazines for clientele such as;
Harrods Aviation, The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, CNN, Aviva Premiership Rugby, and Intercontinental Hotels. Joanna has had numerous illustrations published whilst working as a designer, but it has only been recently that she has begun to draw again for her own pleasure. Her inspiration mainly comes from her love of nature and the ancient relationship that we have with it. Delving into our folk stories, songs and imagery has thrown up a stimulating collection of resources. She also has a great love of literature which started at a young age, and will always continue to be a major way of firing her imagination. Joanna’s drawings are created in pen and ink in the stly of pointillism. Although some of the works have a gouache wash or flat colour laid down first.

Another image from the lovely 2 year old that came into the studio & charmed us all.
02/04/2026

Another image from the lovely 2 year old that came into the studio & charmed us all.

Photographing babies is quite a speciality & one we're not equipped for, we will happily photograph children from the ag...
30/03/2026

Photographing babies is quite a speciality & one we're not equipped for, we will happily photograph children from the age of 2. This wonderful little personality kept myself, Jo and both of her grandparents on our toes! Although I normally have quite a good sense of how the shoot has gone, I never totally relax until I've done the first edit! I was so pleased with what we got and thankfully so were her family.

Sophia.I hardly ever have to direct the children that I photograph, they just instinctively adopt positions that they're...
24/03/2026

Sophia.
I hardly ever have to direct the children that I photograph, they just instinctively adopt positions that they're comfortable with, It helps create the most natural looking portraits.

Edward, along with his two sisters has been coming to the studio for the past eight years, he's always been such a great...
19/03/2026

Edward, along with his two sisters has been coming to the studio for the past eight years, he's always been such a great character to photograph.

It's not too late to have beautiful portraits taken of your children at Thaxted Studio this coming weekend. Details at w...
16/03/2026

It's not too late to have beautiful portraits taken of your children at Thaxted Studio this coming weekend. Details at www.thaxtedstudio.co.uk or DM me for more details.
I look forward to hearing from you, Rich.

'Timeless' portraits are just that, as parents we never tire of looking at photographs of our children when they were yo...
10/03/2026

'Timeless' portraits are just that, as parents we never tire of looking at photographs of our children when they were younger.
I hope Poppy still likes this one, I love it!

You might assume teenage boys are not always keen on being photographed, I've never experienced it & certainly didn't wi...
09/03/2026

You might assume teenage boys are not always keen on being photographed, I've never experienced it & certainly didn't with lovely Gus (August)

A few slots still available, please DM, email or see website for details. I look forward to hearing from you, Rich
08/03/2026

A few slots still available, please DM, email or see website for details. I look forward to hearing from you, Rich

What a little star Isla was, she has the most amazing Blue eyes. Black & White was perhaps an odd choice but it somehow ...
04/03/2026

What a little star Isla was, she has the most amazing Blue eyes. Black & White was perhaps an odd choice but it somehow works.

I am offering 1 hour portrait sittings on March 21st & 22nd, this is an opportunity to have a selection of unique, conte...
02/03/2026

I am offering 1 hour portrait sittings on March 21st & 22nd, this is an opportunity to have a selection of unique, contemporary photographs taken of your child/children. Limited spaces are available. Please DM me or see website for details & booking.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Rich

Harvey was such a photogenic young chap, you know the second you've pressed the button that the image will be strong. ...
02/03/2026

Harvey was such a photogenic young chap, you know the second you've pressed the button that the image will be strong.

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